Green iguana

Green iguana
	An adult Green Iguana in Costa Rica
	A juvenile Green Iguana in Grand Cayman
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Iguana
Species:	Template:Taxonomy/IguanaI. iguana
Binomial name
	Iguana iguana; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
	I. i. iguana; I. i. insularis; I. i. melanoderma; I. i. sanctaluciae;
	Native range in green (does not include the recent colonization of Anguilla in 1995 following hurricanes); introduced range in red
Synonyms
	Lacerta iguana Linnaeus, 1758; Hypsilophus tuberculatus Wagler 1830; Iguana hernandessi Jan 1857; Iguana iguana rhinolopha Wiegman, 1834; Hypsilophus rhinolophus Fitzinger, 1843; Iguana rhinolopha Dumeril & Bibron, 1837; Iguana rhinolophus Günther, 1885;

The green iguana or common iguana (Iguana iguana) is a lizard native to Central and South America and the Caribbean. It is an arboreal herbivorous species that belongs to the genus Iguana.

Distribution

The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area, from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico. Also the Caribbean islands, especially Puerto Rico, where they are very common throughout the island; and in the United States in South Florida (including the Florida Keys), Hawaii, and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Green iguana skeleton,
Male with spines and dewlap
Close-up photograph of an Iguana iguana (Green iguana) taken in the zoo of Singapore. The reptile was not enclosed behind a fence, thus anybody could freely approach as close as wanted
Green iguana eating Bougainvillea leaves
Although eating green iguanas is forbidden in Nicaragua, they are available in markets.
Juvenile green iguana, Grand Cayman
Reddish-colored green iguana
Young juvenile green iguana, found indoors in Curaçao
At the Botanical Garden at Portoviejo, Ecuador
At Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (possibly Iguana iguana melanoderma instead)

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↑ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
↑ Swanson, Paul L (1950), "The Iguana: Iguana iguana iguana", Herpetolgica 6: 187–193
↑ Lazell, J.D. (1973), "The lizard genus Iguana in the Lesser Antilles", Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology(New York) 145: pp. 1–28
↑ Krysko, Kenneth L; Enge, Kevin M; Donlan, Ellen M; Seitz, Jason C (2007), "Distribution, Natural History, and Impacts of the Introduced Green Iguana in Florida", Iguana: Conservation, Natural History, and Husbandry of Reptiles(International Reptile Conservation Foundation) 14 (3): 142–151

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